clumsier; clumsiest
Definition of clumsy
1a : lacking dexterity, nimbleness, or grace
clumsy fingers
b : lacking tact or subtlety
a clumsy joke
2 : awkward or inefficient in use or construction : unwieldy a clumsy contraption criticized her sentence for its clumsy construction
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The first known use of clumsy was circa 1598
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